Byzantine Archaeology
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Over the past fifty years, archaeological excavations in Israel have unearthed about half a dozen ancient synagogues that were in use at different points in time between the first century BCE through the outbreak of the Bar-Kochba... more
Taft R. F. The Great Entrance. A History of the Transfer of Gifts and other Preanaphoral Rites of the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. [A History of the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, vol. II]. Roma, 1975. (Orientalia Christiana Analecta;... more
The Caucasian Archaeology of the Holy Land investigates the complete corpus of available literary, epigraphic and archaeological evidence of the Armenian, Georgian and Caucasian Albanian Christian communities’ activity in the Holy Land... more
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This book explores the Byzantine city and the changes it went through from 610 to 1204. Throughout this period, cities were always the centers of political and social life for both secular and religious authorities, and, furthermore, the... more
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R. Sahin, Die Mosaiken Westkleinasiens (Tessellate des 2. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. bis Anfang des 7. Jahrhunderts n. Chr.), Veronika Scheibelreiter-Gail, JMR 8, 2015, 185-187.
R. Sahin, Die Mosaiken Westkleinasiens (Tessellate des 2. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. bis Anfang des 7. Jahrhunderts n. Chr.), Veronika Scheibelreiter-Gail, JMR 8, 2015, 185-187.
Conclusions about the duration of participation in the circulation of the coins from the 6th–7th centuries are presented by analysing the coin composition of the collective finds from the studied period. The results show that the life... more
A handbook on Byzantine Architecture. 24 Sample Pages.
Hadrianopolis is a site located on the principal western route from the Central Anatolian plain through the mountains to Bartın and the Black Sea, 3 km west of the modern town of Eskipazar, near Karabük, in what was in Roman times... more
Composite Belts in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Basin. Composite belts are a special and characteristic form of early medieval dress accessories. They were believed to have a nomadic origin for several decades, but currently a... more
Concerning Byzantine Edged Weapons of the Late 6th and 7th Centuries: Swords with Bronze Guard of the Type Aradac-Kölked-Corinth The article focuses on the long swords (spathae) from three south-eastern European soldiers’ graves of the... more
Anazarbos günümüzde Kadirli-Kozan ve Ceyhan İlçelerinin birleştiği bir konumda yer almaktadır. Tarihsel süreç içinde defalarca çeşitli uluslar tarafından ele geçirilmiş ve kaybedilmiş bir kenttir. MS. 204/205 yıllarından itibaren... more
In 538, at the peak of his imperial achievement, Justinian introduced an impressive coinage of unusual size and weight. Based on the evidence of hoards and single finds from the Balkans, Asia Minor and the Near East, the economic... more
Despite the growing body of excavation finds and the steady publication of museum collections, the numismatic evidence remains an underutilized historical source. Historians who study Late Antiquity rely on archaeological evidence but... more
Historians have long regarded Maurice Tiberius as the last Roman emperor who struggled to restore the stability of the Balkan provinces. This essay argues that a major financial crisis is responsible for the downfall of Maurice and the... more
Alabanda Ancient City takes place in Araphisar Street from Doğanyurt Village in the 7 km west of Çine Town, Aydın City. The city settled down on the foothill of the hills in the north of Gökbel Mountain, is positioned close by the Marsyas... more
The surveys conducted show a pattern of dense settlement in the Troad, which far exceeds the number of settlements today. In Late Antiquity and early Byzantine times, many of the settlements were located along the coast. Of these, the... more
Bu çalışma, "Ardahan Kale ve Kuleleri" adlı kitabın bölümlerinden biridir. Bu kitap içi bölümde, Ardahan'ın Eskiçağ'dan Türk fetihlerine kadar tarihçesi üzerinde durulmuş ve şehrin isminin kökenine ilişkin bir başlığa yer verilmiştir.... more
""Archaeologist, Teacher, Friend. Nicolai Telnov’s Anniversary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 MONOGRAPH INSIDE THE JOURNAL N. V. Zhilina (Moscow, Russia). Stamped Jewel Attire Reconstructed Based on Old Rus Hoards of 10th —... more
"In his recent book „The Collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean“ (Cambridge 2012), Ronnie Ellenblum argues that a series of climatic disasters in the 11th cent. led to the decline of polities in the Near East and prepared the ground for... more
NEW SUBTERRANEAN FINDINGS UNDER HAGIA SOPHIA This archaeological survey has been directed by Dr. Çiğdem Özkan Aygün on behalf of Istanbul Technical University (ITU) since 2005. The research sofar covers the cisterns, water... more
Sur les marges arides du Croissant fertile, la Badiya syrienne, domaine de steppe aride, a été occupée par l’Homme depuis le néolithique. Mais l’expansion maximale du peuplement et de la mise en valeur correspond à la période byzantine,... more